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This blog is about one man's struggles to live a life consistent with the truth of Scripture.Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:08:13 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/Comment on Out With The Old – In With The New by HarleyQ2https://pipermac5.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-497
Sun, 04 Feb 2018 15:08:13 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4509#comment-497I agree about the wine vs. grape juice. There used to be that debate in my church but just for common sense sake, who serves grape juice at a large wedding (by the number of servants they talk about to fill the jars, this was not a poor host). Many of the bible personalities drank wine (not alcoholics) but others did not which it clearly states.

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Mon, 22 Jan 2018 13:09:36 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4505#comment-495Good reminder – I may use a few lines (properly cited) from this for my blog

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Fri, 12 Jan 2018 04:14:03 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4503#comment-492This is a gem, my brother! Truly! I have often spoken of Christian baptism as an initiation into ministry for the priesthood of believers, especially when baptizing the bodies of lately departed stillborns by aspersion at the request of grieving parents. I explain that it is like Christ’s baptism—not for repentance from sin but for their preparation, symbolicly on our part, for their New ministry in Heaven. I love your Biblical scholarship and hermeneutics here, brother. Keep it up!

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Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:30:55 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4499#comment-489Loved the break down of the 23rd Psalm so I reblogged

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Wed, 27 Dec 2017 22:09:31 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4497#comment-484Hello, Steve! Grace, mercy, and peace to you, from God our Father and the LORD Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit! Hope you had a great Christmas!
I hadn’t thought about God making clothes for Adam and Eve, partly to protect their skin from the thorns and thistles, etc! Good point!

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Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:57:08 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4497#comment-483The sad thing is that the New Geneva Study Bible, from which that quote was taken, represents the “Who’s-Who” of Reformed theologians, the “best of the best”. Where did those great theologians learn this stuff? From the theologians before them. When that kind of cultural-idolatry is taught in our colleges and seminaries, what comes from our pulpits is contaminated too, as I have observed from my own pastor.

We have a tall job ahead of us Brother, so all we can do is whittle-away at it a bit at a time, which is what I try to do in my writings. Maybe, if enough of the right people see the truth, it will start changing hearts and minds. We had to walk this journey too.

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Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:07:34 +0000http://pipermac5.wordpress.com/?p=4497#comment-482Excellent summary of several observations expounded by many Christian proponents of body acceptance. The point that sticks out like a sore thumb is the cultural idolatry influencing the interpretation of Scripture by articulate, well-educated, and otherwise devoted teachers of the Bible who are blind to their mishandling of God’s Word. This is not a case of one well-supported hermeneutical opinion vs. another. The application of timeless standards of good hermeneutics—followed in the fear of God, instead of the fear of culturally-adopted human traditions—will lead the serious Bible student to a godly, Creator-honoring, human-friendly commitment to body acceptance.